CHAPTER XIII 



LETTERS TO COLONEL COUSSMAKER AND MR. ROBERT 

 SERVICE 



Surface Caterpillars Leopard and Puss Moths " Hill-Grubs " of the Antler 



Moth. 



THE letters in this the first chapter of correspondence 

 (dealing with a number of moths, the caterpillars of which 

 are destructive to vegetation), were written while Miss 

 Ormerod was resident at Isleworth, and after she had 

 issued seven of her Annual Reports. Apart from the 

 Entomology discussed, the letters show how ready she 

 was to recognise and to commend the meritorious scien- 

 tific work of others. 



To Colonel Coussmaker, Westwood, near Guildford. 



DUNSTER LODGE, SPRING GROVE, ISLEWORTH, 



August i, 1885. 



DEAR SIR, Perhaps the best way I can reply to your 

 inquiry about the coloured sheets is to enclose the short 

 description, on the wrapper of one of my reports. 1 



I should mention, though, that they are the property of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society ; I only drew them. The insects 



1 " ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 

 " Coloured Diagrams of Insects Injurious to Farm Crops, suitable for 

 Elementary Schools. Prepared by Miss E. A. Ormerod, F.R.Met.Soc., 

 Hon. Consulting Entomologist to the Society. A series of Six Diagrams, 

 viz. : Large White Cabbage Butterfly ; Turnip Fly or Flea Beetle ; 

 Beet Fly ; Wireworm and Click Beetle ; Hop Aphis or Green Fly, with 

 Ladybird ; Daddy Longlegs or Crane Fly. In various stages, with 

 methods of prevention. On paper, 55. ; for each Diagram, is. Mounted 

 on linen and varnished, 8s. ; for each Diagram, is. 6d. Procurable from 

 the Secretary." 



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